Protesters block Mumbai-Goa highway after accident kills 25-year-old near Panvel

While the traffic was affected for some time, the local police, intervened and cleared the road in 30 minutes

More than 100 people blocked the busy Mumbai-Goa highway near Panvel on Friday, after a road accident killed a 25-year-old woman.

Police officers try to calm down the protesters. (BACHCHAN KUMAR)

While the traffic was affected for some time, the local police, intervened and cleared the road in 60 minutes.

The police said as the woman, who was riding a bike, stopped midway owing to the potholes near Panvel, a trailer crashed into the vehicle.

“Her upper part of her body was totally smashed in the accident. She died on the spot,” said a police officer from Panvel Taluka police station. “The situation was brought under control in an hour,” he said.